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Sports management solution for teams and youth programs

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Playbook - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: October 2025

Playbook overview

What is Playbook?

Playbook is a mobile-friendly registration, marketing, and reporting solution for sports teams and youth programs. With Playbook, users can manage members and schedules, accept payments and donations online, and track game statistics and scores all in one place.

Playbook’s customer relationship management (CRM) features allow users to streamline member registration for various types of activities, such as camps, tournaments, leagues, events, lessons, and clubs. Playbook’s advanced registration options enable users to split team payments, create special packages, manage subscriptions, and promote discounts.

Playbook offers several marketing features designed to help users capture leads and increase conversions. With Playbook’s email and SMS marketing tools, users can automatically build segmented customer lists in order to distribute targeted promotions and special offers.

Playbook’s fundraising tools permit users to collect donations directly from their websites. Users can choose from a variety of collection options, including recurring donations and one-time event contributions.

With Playbook, users can create a personalized page for every team and member. These profiles display historical performance data, player statistics, and individual rankings. Playbook’s advanced algorithms enable users to track their odds and the probability of upcoming wins.

Starting price

Free

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Playbook’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Playbook reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

33

Positive reviews

91

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.28/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

27

3

1

1

1

Pros
“Super easy to use, lots of features that help us manage our basketball league. Our players love all of the stats features that Playbook offers.”
DF

Dicky F.

League Manager

“Best software out there I researched a lot and talk to a lot of other organizations and this one is simply the best.”
MM

Miguel M.

Head Coach

“Great, easy to use fantastic setting up my team and communicating with team.”
RJ

Robert J.

Coach

Cons
“I had a terrible experience with this company and am in the process of evaluating legal action.”
EW

Elliot W.

President

“There is nothing about the software I don’t like.”
RW

Ronnie W.

Director

“I really have had no significant issues with the software.”
AS

Andie S.

Instructor

Who uses Playbook?

Based on 33 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Sports
Education Management
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Fund-Raising
Others

Use cases

Registration
Coaching
Fitness
Membership Management
Scheduling

Playbook's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Playbook users:

Online registration
Refund management
Booking management
Billing & invoicing
Member portal
Electronic payments

All Playbook features

Features rating:

Payment processing
User management
Monitoring
Multi-Event
Multi-Language
Multi-Location
Offline access
Online booking
Online calendar
Online forms
Online payments
Onsite registration
Parent portal
Payment plans
Performance metrics
Personalization
Point of sale (pos)
Program management
Progress reports
Access controls/permissions
Instructor management
Inventory management
Invoice management
K-12
Lead capture
League/Team management
Live chat
Marketing automation
Medical management
Member accounts
Member directory
Member management
Membership management
Mentor/Coach matching
Mobile access
Mobile alerts
Mobile app
SMS messaging
SMS reminders
Social media integration
Sport Coaching
Staff management
Student management
Support ticket management
Surveys & feedback
Team Calendars
Team management
Third-Party integrations
Timesheet management
Visitor management
Visual analytics
Volunteer management
Web forms
Website integration
Website management
Progress tracking
QR codes
Real-Time data
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time reporting
Real-time scheduling
Records management
Recurring/Subscription billing
Registration management
Reminders
Reporting & statistics
Reporting/Analytics
Role-Based permissions
Scheduling
Seating map
Self check-in/check-out
Self service portal
Session notes
Chat/Messaging
Class management
Class registration
Class scheduling
Client management
Client portal
Commenting/Notes
Communication management
Contact database
Contact management
Credit card processing
CRM
Customer accounts
Customer database
Customer management
Customer segmentation
Customizable branding
Customizable fields
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Appointment management
Appointment scheduling
Assignment management
Attendance management
Attendance tracking
Attendee management
Attendee Segmentation
Attendee tracking
Automated scheduling
Availability management
Business Coaching
Calendar management
Calendar sync
Calendar/Reminder system
Event scheduling
Event ticketing
Event Tracking
Facility management
Facility scheduling
Faculty/Staff management
Feedback management
Financial analysis
Financial reporting
Floor plans & maps
For dance studios
For summer camps
Forms management
Goal setting/tracking
Group registration
Guest list management
HIPAA compliant
In-Game analytics
Customizable forms
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Customization
Data import/export
Data synchronization
Discount management
Document storage
Drag & drop
Email management
Email marketing
Email reminders
Email templates
Employee management
Engagement tracking
Event calendar
Event management
Event registration

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User opinions about Playbook price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Playbook's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Super easy to use, lots of features that help us manage our basketball league. Our players love all of the stats features that Playbook offers.”
DF

Dicky F.

League Manager

“Best software out there I researched a lot and talk to a lot of other organizations and this one is simply the best.”
MM

Miguel M.

Head Coach

Playbook support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Chat
Phone Support
24/7 (Live rep)
Knowledge Base
FAQs/Forum

Training options

Webinars
In Person
Live Online
Documentation
Videos

Playbook FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Playbook offer?

Playbook has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available

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Q. Who are the typical users of Playbook?

Playbook has the following typical customers:
Non Profit, Small Business


Q. What languages does Playbook support?

Playbook supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Playbook support mobile devices?

Playbook supports the following devices:
iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Playbook offer an API?

No, Playbook does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Playbook integrate with?

Playbook integrates with the following applications:
Google Analytics 360, Twitter/X, Paysafe, RemoteLock, TikTok, Meta for Business, Mailchimp, Instagram, HubSpot CRM


Q. What level of support does Playbook offer?

Playbook offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum

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